The Boyfriend List was a homework assignment for my mental health. Doctor Z, my shrink, told me to write down all the boyfriends, kind-of boyfriends, almost-boyfriends, rumoured boyfriends, and wished-he-were boyfriends I've ever had. Plus, she recommended I take up knitting.

Contains eight case-studies of people the author has treated, including a woman of 67, obsessively pining with love for her 32-year-old previous therapist and a woman of 19 stone who has emotional difficulties because of her weight problem. This title includes stories that reveal the diversity of human motivation.

This new edition includes over twenty additional pages of new therapy tips by the author reflecting on the major issues and changes he has seen in the world of therapy since he first wrote this book in 2002.

At the beginning of Ruby Oliver's junior year at Tate Prep, no one is speaking to her. But by Winter Break, a new job, an unlikely but satisfying friend combo, and many difficult decisions help Ruby to see that there is, indeed, life outside the Tate Universe.

Argues that sexual encounters provide opportunities to get closer to a partner, a process called differentiation , and to develop the strength to love deeply. This book describes sexual encounters and dramatic therapy sessions between couples, and demonstrates how they found personal fulfilment.

Frustrated by the challenge of his psychiatric practice, Ernest Lash is compelled to create a remarkable new approach to therapy that involves a completely open, authentic relationship with his clients.

This is the story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of grandeur) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa Claus and a certifiable lunatic. Suddenly at the age of 12, Augusten found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect squalor.

Serves as a source of guidance for aspiring and seasoned practitioners alike.

Subtitled, How Telling Stories Transforms Our Lives.

The widely acclaimed father of cognitive psychotherapy adds a new introduction to the gold-standard book on anxiety disorders and phobias

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in Auschwitz coped with the experience. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest.

The DSM-IV-TR spans the gap between DSM-IV and DSM-V, incorporating relevant advances in knowledge of psychiatric illness and enhancing educational value. It includes additional information on associated features, including laboratory and physical findings, for many of the disorders.

Written in a clear, step-by-step style, this ideal teaching text makes cognitive therapy immediately accessible to students, beginning therapists, and seasoned practitioners who are not familiar with the cognitive approach.

Tells the story of one little boy and his journey through childhood life up to his mid-teens. This title provides an insight into psychotherapy - how it works and what it can mean to people on a practical level.

Revised edition.

Miller believes that violence and crime in society have their roots in conventional child rearing and in education which can create a childhood prison. Miller describes how her discoveries can create freedom from this prison. This edition has been revised since her renunciation of psychoanalysis.

An account, both harrowing and amusing, of the author's dependence on Prozac, prescribed for her after a series of suicide attempts and breakdowns. She describes her experiences and her determination to get herself off medication.